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Tips for Students with CVI in your classroom
1. Paint walls black.
1. Paint walls black.
Most elementary school classrooms have bright colors and many things hanging on the walls, and this can be a visual challenge for children with CVI. The walls of this classroom are painted black and provide good contrast.
2. Leave wall blank.
2. Leave wall blank.
It is not always possible to leave all walls blank, but it will be helpful to students with CVI if at least one of the black walls is left blank.
3. Hang nothing from the ceiling.
3. Hang nothing from the ceiling.
Again, elementary school classrooms tend to be visually busy places with things hanging from the ceiling, as well as on the walls.
4. Use color to create visual targets.
4. Use color to create visual targets.
Color can be used to highlight certain visual targets in the classroom, such as a border around doorways, communication devices, and favorite toys.
5. Allow adequate response time when asking a child with CVI to view a target
5. Allow adequate response time when asking a child with CVI to view a target
A common characteristic of cortical visual impairments is visual latency or the delayed response to visual stimulus
A child with CVI can take up to 2 minutes to respond.
6. Additional Suggestions
6. Additional Suggestions
Reduce visual complexity around door frame and on bulletin boards.
Put shades over the fluorescent lights.
Add task lighting.
Make fabric covers that can be unrolled to cover bulletin boards or walls.
Decrease visual clutter
Items should be high contrast
Backgrounds should be a solid color
5. Use movement to gain visual attention
5. Use movement to gain visual attention
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